Yes I'm in

As alot of you would know by now IMNZ has reached it's 1500 person capacity & is sold out for 2011.

So this is a small piece of history for IMNZ, We all know IM races in the States sell out in hours but not down here in good ol NZ, so for most of us this is quite a shock & has meant we have had to fork out the entry fee 9 months in advance. Anyhow I'm in & have atleast 10 other people I know joining me in the experience.

So my jouney has started with some good weeks of training under the belt already.

My main goals for the year ( next season ) are to complete the Cameron Brown Award which is given out to people who complete the following events in the one season. This starts with the Taupo Half Marathon, Taupo Cycle Challenge ( only 1 lap this year ), Kinloch Triathlon, Across the Lake swim & finally Ironman NZ. You don't have to do them fast, you just gotta finish.

I will also throw in the Taupo Half Ironman & no doubt some other smaller events to keep my mind off the hard training miles.

So that's the plans & from here on in I'll try & keep you all informed of how things are going. I'm happy with where the training is at right now, with my long run upto 15km & biking 70 +km for my long ride. Have been managing 2 swims a week for a total of about 5km & throw in some weights & a windtrainer session & that's about the week full up. My biggest challenge will be to stay injury free & not over do the running.

On the event front I've had a busy last 2 weekends with being team / company manager for our teams we had in the Moonride 12 Hr MTB in Rotorua, just last weekend at the Kaimai Classic Multisport event in Tauranga. Two great events & our teams had some good results.

Hopefully for me the next event will be the Okoroire fun ride in late July.

Train safe & be cautious of crazy drivers.